Valve-governor for engines.



No- 758,011. PATEN TED APR. 19, 1904.

G. KUHLEWIND. VALVE GOVERNOR FOR ENGINES. APPLIOATIONIILED JULY 10, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES CORNELIUS KUHLEIVIND, OF KNOXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO KUHLEWIND GOVERNOR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

VALVE-GOVERNOR FOR ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 58,011, dated April 19, 1904. Application filed July 10, 1903. Serial Ila-165,024. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

fitting neatly within the upper part of the tu- 50 Be itknown that I, CoENELrUs KUHLEWIND, bular shaft 3 and terminating in a head 16, of Knoxville, Allegheny county, Pennsylvawhich is provided with brackets 17 connectnia, have invented a new and useful Engineed by curved links 18 with the links 14. A Governor, of which the following is a full, spiral spring 19 surrounds the valve-rod 2 clear, and exact description, reference being within the hollow shaft 3, this spring bearing 5 5 had to the accompanying drawings, forming at its lower end on the bevel-wheel, while at part of this specification, in which- I its upper end it presses upon the shoulder Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation showformed by the enlarged portion of the valveing one form of my improved governor. Fig. rod. The spring therefore exerts a constant 2 is a front elevation of the form of Fig. 1. lifting pressure on the valve-rod, which tends 60 Fig. 3 isa partial vertical section of another to open the valve and draw in the balls 13. form of the invention, and Fig. 4: is a cross- Ihave shown an annular lubricating-cup 20, section of the form of Fig. 3. surrounding the tubular shaft and arranged to My invention relates to the class of enginecontain oil which feeds down to the ball-beargovernors, and is designed to provide a sensiings for the fly-wheel, and to supply oil to 5 tive and quick-acting governor which will act this cup I preferably make the head hollow, upon the valve and vary the area of the fluidso that it may be filled during operation, the admission port or ports, according to the load oil passing into the cup through branch 20 on the engine. outlets 21 in the cavity of the upper valve In the drawings, referring to the form of stem. 1 7 Figs. 1 and 2, 2 represents the stem of a throt- The slots in the fly-wheel are arranged at tle-valve 2 of the ordinary hollow piston type. such an angle that as the balls 13 move out- The stem of this valve extends upwardly wardly under the centrifugal force during through a suitable packing device in the top running they tend to turn the fly-wheel, and

of the valve-chamber, and thence through a correspondingly the inertia effect of the fly- 75 tubular shaft 3, which shaft has a ring or col- Wheel will act upon the ball-links when there lar l rigidly secured thereto and resting on is any change in speed, and thereby move the a supporting-bearing 5. A bevel-wheel 6 is links in or out and shift the valve. When the rigidly secured to the lower end of the shaft, device is in operation, the centrifugal effort of this wheel havinga central hole through which the balls acts against the spring surrounding 80 the valve-stem loosely extends and being acthe valve-stem, and the stem is balanced in tuated by bevel-gear connection with a shaft any position by these two opposing forces. having a pulley driven by the engine. On any change in speed the speed of the A fly-wheel 7 loosely surrounds the tubular bevel-wheel will be changed and this in turn shaft 3 and is carried on ball-bearings 8, restwill tend to slow down the fly-wheel, which is 8 5 ing upon the ring 4, secured to the shaft 3. turned by the action of the ball-link. The fly- The fly-wheel is preferably of disk form, with wheel resists this tendency on account of its a web portion 9, having angular slots 10 of inertia, and the efiiect is to givea quick shift of 4 the form shown in Fig. 4. Through these the valve to open or close it, and thus vary the slots extend links 11 11, which are pivoted at steam-supply. The combined action of the 9 their lower ends to brackets 12 12, projecting parts is therefore to hold the speed at a cerfrom the collar 1. These links are provided tain predetermined point. The speed in this at their upper ends with small balls 13 and are case will be determined by the spring, the also preferably provided with intermediate pressure of which may be varied.

friction-rollers 14, which bear on the sides of In order to provide for quick stopping of the slots in the fly-wheel. the engine either by hand or automatically if The upper portion of the valve-rod 2 is enlarged, as shown at 15, this enlarged portion the belt leaves the pulley, I preferably cut the valve-stem transversely at the point marked 22. The lower part 23 of the valve-stem,

which is secured to the valve, butts against the upper part 2 and isnormally held against it by a weighted lever 24, pivoted in ahollow frame 25 and having its end 26 entering a slot in the lower valve stem portion 23. The weight 27 on this lever is adjustable along it and is secured at any desired point by a setscrew 27. This weight exerts a lifting tendency on the valve-stem which normally keeps the two parts of this stem in contact, and it coacts with the spring in exerting a lifting effect on the valve. The speed of the engine may be varied by shifting the weight along the lever. I

A second lever 28 extends through the slot in the stem portion 23 and is fulcrumed on the opposite side at 29. The weight 30 of this lever acts to force down the lower valvestem portion and separate it from the upper portion 2. The lever 28 is normally held in raised position by a catch-lever 31, having a handle 32. This catch-lever projects under the lever 28-and normally supports it, so that the two valve-stem portions are pressed together, enabling the upper valve-stem portions to actuate the valve. The slot through which the lever 28 passes is elongated vertically a suflicient distance to allow for all 'or dinary variations or movements of the stem; but when the hand-lever is tripped the lever will drop and force the lower valve-stem part down, thus disconnecting and closing the valve.

In order to provide for automatically stopping the engine whenever the belt runs off the governor-pulley, I provide a push-rod 33, extending through the hollow driving-shaft 34 and carrying the bevel-wheel 35 and the driving-pulley 36. The driving portion of this pulley is formed of two blocks 37, secured to a circular spring-band 38, with which the belt contacts. The blocks 37 are connected by short links 39 with a sliding sleeve 40, pinned to the push-rod. A spiral spring 41 surrounds the push-rod and tends to force it forward, this tendencybeing resisted by the pressure of the belt on the spring-band. Whenever the belt is removed, the spring 41 will force the push-rod forward, and its end will strike a curved prong 42 on the catch-lever and force it from under the weighted lever 28, which will drop and stop the engine. In order to contract the spring rind or band around the pulley when applying the belt, I provide a disk 43 upon the end of the push-rod, by which it may be moved endwise.

Whenever it is desired to suddenly stop the engine, the operator will strike the catch-lever and trip the weighted lever 28, thus closing the valve, and whenever the band runs off the driving-pulley the lever 28 will be automatically tripped and shut down the engine. In Figs. 3 and4 I show another form of the governor in which the ball-links extend downwardly. In this form the valve rod 2' extends up through the tubularshaft 3", which shaft extends upwardly through the fly-wheel 7 and carries a casting or cross-head 44, having brackets 12, to which are pivoted the deupper end with a cross-head 17, which extends transversely of the cross-head 44 and carries depending rods 47, which extend down through the cross-head 44 and are provided at their lower ends with beveled blocks 47.

These rods 47 are diagonally opposite to each other, and the bevel-block of each rod coacts with a similar bevel-block 48 on a sliding pin 49, which is carried within the cross-head 44. Springs 50 within the cross-head force the rods and bevel-blocks downwardly into contact with the oppositely-directed inclines of a recess in a block 51, secured to the fly-wheel. The valve-rod and tubular shaft extend through this block 51, and the fly-wheel is carried upon ball-bearings restingon a stationary bearing52. In the operation of this form in starting the engine one of each pair of wedge-blocks will be in upper position and its mate in lower position. As the fluid-supply is opened the engine will rotate the tubular shaft, as before, and as the engine speeds up the ballswill swing outwardly under centrifugal force, and the bevel-blocks will assume an intermediate position, as shown in Fig. 3. The coaction of the slot-walls of the fly-wheel and the ball-links will be the same as in the first form. When any variation of speed occurs, the wedge-blocks will change position and the valve will be shifted.

The advantages of my invention result from the extreme sensitiveness and quick action of the governor, which in actual practice is found to operate accurately and efliciently. It effectually prevents the engine from running away and holds it to the desired speed even under great and sudden changes of load. The application of this governor to ordinary slidevalve engines makes it practically as efficient and economical as an automatic engine, The automatic pulling device prevents runni g away of the engine when the belt leaves. t e pulley.

Many changes may be made in the connections or bearing between the ball-carriers and the fly-whcel, as well as in the valve, the valve connections, and the other parts without departing from my invention.

I claim 1. An engine-governor comprisinga rotary momentum-disk, a rotary element, driving connections between one of said parts and a moving part of the engine, a supply-valve con nected to one of said parts, and a cam connection between the momentum-disk and the rotating element arranged to shift the position of the valve; substantially as described.

2. An engine-governor comprising a rotary momentum-disk held in a fixed position relative to vertical movement, a rotary element, a supply-valve connected to one of said parts, and a connection between the momentum-disk and the rotary element arranged to shift the position of the valve; substantially as described.

3. An engine-governor comprising a rotary momentum-disk held against vertical movemerit, a rotary element, a supply-valve connected to one of said parts, driving connec-- tions between one of said parts and a moving part of the engine, and a cam connection between the momentum-disk and the rotary element; substantially as described.

4. An engine-governor comprising a rotary momentum-disk, a rotary element having centrifugal balls mounted thereon, driving connections between the rotary element and a moving part of the engine, a supply-valve connected to one of said parts, (the momentum-disk and rotaryelement,) and a cam connection between the momentum-disk and the ball-carriers; substantially as described.

5. An engine-governor comprising a rotary momentum-disk, a rotary element having centrifugal balls and connected to a two-part valve-stem, means for normally holding the two-part valve-stem with the ends abutting together, and a cam connection between the rotary elements and the momentum-disk; substantially as described.

6. An engine-governor comprising a rotary momentum-disk, arotary element having centrifugal balls and connected to a two-part valve-stem, means for normally holding the two part valve-stem with the ends abutting together, a cam connection betweenthe rotary elements and the momentum-disk, and means for severing the connection between the two parts of the valve-stem; substantially as described.

7. An engine-governor having a drivingpulley with a yielding rim, connections between said rim and the valve-stem, and a spring arranged to actuate said connection and sever the connection between the valve-stem and the governor whenever thebelt leaves the driving-pulley; substantially as described.

8. An engine-governor having atwo-part valve-stem with the two parts in alinement, a yielding weight or spring device arranged to hold the ends of the valve-stem in butting engagement, and means for moving one part of the valvestem away from the other part; substantially as described.

9. An enginegovernor having a rotary momentum-disk with a cam-slot therein, a rotary element connected to the valve-stem and having balls carried upon links extending through the cam-slots of the momentum-disk, and connections between the rotary element and a moving part of the engine; substantially as described.

10. An engine-governor having a two-part valve-stem with the two parts in alinement,

yielding means for holding the two parts of the stem in engagement, and a hand knockoff device arranged to quickly sever the connection between the two parts of the stem, and thereby close the valve; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CORNELIUS KUHLEWIND. Wttnesses:

GEO. B. BLEMING, H. M. (301mm. 

